The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-08-02
INTERESTING CoIsNEsroNDENcE
What thoWliociins Teams nInnag eincnt hns
slBll to Say Of Games Lost OH this Trim. Al 81

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What tho Wheeling Teams NInnag e,nent has
to Say Of Games Lost on this Trip.
Last Friday, the day aitor the Wheeling
club presented Akron with a game that
was reported to DO characterized on the
part Of the Wheeling team by the worst
errors ever seen on those grounds, Presi.
dent seolsy gent to Manager sNicholaon
cDvies OF tho imorning papers which re-
ported tho feeling Of disgust that the rank
playing had brought about. The papers
alaV told Of the rnmor, that was being gem
hrally talked about, to the. effect that the
majority OF the team was banded together
TO support none Of the pitchers but Dunn.
Last evening Mr.. Sesley handed in the
correspondence that passed between him
sud Mr.. Nicholson, with the remark that
Us thought IL would explain everything
aud that he telt assured that many would
regret, on learning the contents, the nm
kind things that have been said about cer-
tsin OF the players. "a z
IL his letter to Nicholson the President
wro.o: "The daily papers but feebly ex.
press shegsnerai sentiment OF the public
| III reference to the tesm,n and iu5 c!oslng
! hhHgainwrote: II must confess that the
| tesllag 10 very much againas the club
dc asked Nicholson whether he knew or
! believed that there was any faction or
ring existing in the team that refused to
support any pitcher but Dunn. Hef ad.
viBed Nicholson to resd the papers care
fully. This Tao good advice, and II it was
| followed it might account for the fact that
the club has not dropped game since,
The papers with their reports OF the isel-
ing here must have braced. things up.
In reply Nicholson wrote that he was
sorry that the people had taken tho view
they had, OF the teams work, aud shat
there was not q word of truth in what the
papers say, and as for Mallory, what he
says is q lie from the whole cloth"
Nicholson is mistaken in what he Gays OF
the papers, for there was q great deal Of
truth in them; they told just exactly what
the talk and feeling was here. He wrote
further, II havo had the paper eigned by
oil the players, who werevery mnch sur
priced to see what they had to aign.n'g, He
stated that if there was Jealousy in the
club he did not know Of it and while
the defeats might look suspicious it was
merely hard luck. IL AZ! i .ss555e
! "The paper" he referred TO was one
signed by all tho players denying the re-.
port that Dunn WAS the only one support
ed and that they did not at all times play
honest ball. kimber and Sullivan signed
another card that was sent on stating that
It was "the hardest kind Of luck"'' that lost
Wheeling her games. :; b, H 8 4. a
Akron Worsted by Kalamazoo, VII
Special Dispaich TO The laieiige,o<, I'D - K
KALAMAZOO, Mich, August 1.-The
home team worsted Akron in to.dsy's
game, which was q smuggling match from
start to finish. Lane, formerly Of the
Clevelands, Of the American Association.
made his frat sppearauce In the Ohio
League as q member OF the K aiamazoo
club, and met with a bad 4 misfortune
while running bases, by having his left lee
broken at the ankle. Score ,,S ". \
Ka ,nIa'nss Z f III "a
Az ron y Il %
Base hits-Kalamazoo, 20; Akron, is,
Errors, Kalamazoo, 2; Akron, 8. Batter.
ies-W atson and Dillon ior Kslamazoo.
and Osborne and McLaney for Akron,
ItS4AbVl Sol
sandnsly Bents Mansfield Easily, \ Il;
Special Dispatch to las Intetligeacer H gzsi
sAspusKY, O., August To-day's game
with Mansfield was marred by loose dsld.
ing on both sides. Z Only TIRES actual hits
were made OF i Clark, while Blair was bit
hard and often. Clark's batting and the
fielding Of Green and McVey were the
features. Score -. =. III
Innings ................. "a % S5E687SS I'll
sandusky ................ o. ! s2si so l. I'D
Mansfield ....... Q 0 o, Q q o.
Home runs CLARK, Triples, Curry aud
CLARK. : Base hitsIesandusky, Is; Mans.
field, 10. Struck ouEby$ CLARK, 6; BY
Blair, 8. Bases on balls off Ciark,,%l;
of Blair 8, Battery--Clark and Chr'sman
for Sandusky !. Blair and Yak for Mans.
field. Umpire--Bell. y #3} " ls,
tS335$ League and Association Games. *. L /!